Work Type: Part-time
Salary: $120,000 - $130,000
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs
Reference: 7711
About the role:
Western Health is seeking an experienced and motivated Team Leader to join our innovative Western Health Mental Health at Home (WHMH at Home) service — a contemporary model of care delivering acute mental health treatment within the home environment.
WHMH at Home is a 24/7 service providing the equivalent of ten acute mental health beds in the community. Underpinned by the Hospital in the Home (HITH) model of care, the service delivers intensive, recovery-oriented support to consumers experiencing acute mental health crises who would otherwise require inpatient admission.
As Team Leader, you will play a key operational and clinical leadership role supporting the day-to-day functioning of the service. Working closely with the Program Manager, you will coordinate operational requirements including referral triage, staffing oversight, roster management, workload allocation, patient flow, quality improvement and clinical coordination to support safe, responsive and consumer-centred care delivery.
A core component of the role is the acceptance, screening and triage of referrals into the service, ensuring timely and clinically appropriate access to care in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.
This role offers an exceptional opportunity to contribute to an innovative service redefining how acute mental health care is delivered — supporting consumers to recover safely and confidently within their own homes while strengthening community-based alternatives to hospital admission.
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About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall.
Why Join Us?
Compensation and Benefits
Learning and Development Opportunities
Community Impact and Inclusion
Organisational Culture and Environment
Ready to make an Impact?
If you are a motivated and values-driven mental health clinician looking to contribute to an innovative model of acute mental health care, we would love to hear from you. Join us in transforming how mental health treatment is delivered — supporting consumers within their homes while strengthening recovery-focused community care. Simply click “Apply” and follow the prompts to submit your application.
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the “Employee Login” via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.
Closing date: 11:59pm on 9 June 2026.
Enquiries: For further information about this role, please contact Daniel Darmanin (Mental Health at Home Program Manager) on 0432 503 630 or via [email protected].
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for children and young people involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, Immunisation Status Clearance and Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.